“Molecular Rosetta Stone” Reveals How our Microbiome Talks to Us

Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences

This research was completed by members of the Dorrestein lab (from left to right: Helena Mannochio-Russo, Ipsita Mohanty, Lee Hagey, and Pieter Dorrestein).

« “Molecular Rosetta Stone” Reveals How our Microbiome Talks to Us

Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences

Helena Mannochio-Russo, shown in this image, and Ipsita Mohanty collaborated to conduct mass spectrometry experiments that led to the identification of thousands of new bile acids, a type of molecule used by microbes to communicate.

« “Molecular Rosetta Stone” Reveals How our Microbiome Talks to Us

Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences

Co-first author, Ipsita Mohanty (left) worked with Helena Mannochio-Russo to spearhead the data analysis for the new study.

« “Molecular Rosetta Stone” Reveals How our Microbiome Talks to Us

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